lack of epistemic effort is also the observable thing that distinguishes moldbug’s “callous altruism” from genuine charity
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an observable “epistemic effort” correlate of virtue signaling distinguishes it from virtue http://www.owl232.net/papers/passivity.htm …pic.twitter.com/a9ugfoYhLt
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this is what made me think of ithttps://twitter.com/hrcastor/status/1000691382112215040 …
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(the main force of the paper is that doing nothing rather than trying to solve problems is usually the best public policy)
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are there phenomena/institutions/techs that harness low-epistemic-effort energies for good?
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The next level: people who don't care about the good of society, but *do* care about perceiving themselves as epistemically scrupulous
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It me.
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Third hypothesis: People are seeking high ideals like justice, but their laziness, defensiveness, and other intellectual vices cause them to avoid the hard work of determining what actually promotes justice.
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Huemer is love, Huemer is life
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Before I clicked on the link I thought, "This is Heumer." There's something about how he writes in sequence from idea to idea that is identifiable.
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also the webpage layout and colours are distinctly huemer
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